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NAPOLEON SARONY, OF'NEW YORK, Y.

Letters Patent No. 74,604, dated February 18, 18687.'

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To IALL WHOM IT MAY coNoERN=- 4 Be it known that I, NAOLEON SARONY, ofthe city and State of New York, have invented and made a c'er tain' newand useful Improvement in Photographic Rests; and l do hereby declarothe following tonbe a full, clear, and exact description ofthe saidinvention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part ofthis specification, whereini I i i Figure 1 is a vertical section ofthephotographic rest with the cabinet extension-panel. Figure 2 is anelevation of the head-block and rest-holdervi Figure 3 is a plan of thehead-block. Y

Figure 4 is a plan ofthe headblock,table, rest-holder, and column; and

Figure 5 is an elevation of the extension cabinet-panel and photographicrest.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts. y

, This invention is an improvement upon that for which Letters Patentwere granted to Oliver Sa'rony, June 5, A. D. 1866, and consists in animproved support `for thevarious rests thatare employed for sustainingthe human body in the positions required for the picture. 4

By my improved construction the rests are placed with great facility inthe desired position, the stand itself being fixed tothe iioor orplatform, and the construction is such that the parts are not so large,orso liable to be seen in the picture, as in the aforesaid patent. A

In 'the drawing, a represents the base of the stand or column securedpermanently to the platform or door. a is the column or pedestal, firmlybut removably connected to the base, a', `by being screwed or otherwiseconnected thereto, so that the column and rest may be moved to anotherbaseLsecured to a different part of the oor or platform. In this columnis a rod, b, that can be yraised or lowered, and secured by theclamping-screw c, so as to place'tle apparatus at any desired height. dis a head-block, that rests upon the top of the rod b, and is'clamped inany position to which it may be turned, horizontally, by the nut e. Inthis head-block Z is a transverse m'ortise, through whichpasses thevertical boltf, that is employed tol secure the rest-holder g at 4 anyposition to which it may be moved transversely upon said head-block d.At theends of the rest-holder g are sockets, through which pass-theround rods h of the rest, and are clamped at any desired point by thescrews z, and c are horizontal or inclined rods passing through theheads of the rods 7i, and secured by clampscrews l, and lm are -thebranches and balls, or other devices, forming a rest for the head or'anypart of the body. It will be evident that one or two of these rods z andrests may be employed, and that it may be adjusted to any desiredposition relatively to the columnaaior raised to any desired height.Where the rest is to be thrown into a different position relative to thecolumn than that provided by the holder-,9,1` take the same oil` andapply the army that holds the rod h and rest, as seen in fig. 1, andthis rest may stand behind the column, or, by giving the head-block el ahalf rotation,.horizontally, it ,may extend in front of the column. Iprovide a table or stand, n, on a segmental arm, n', that is attachedtothe head-block oZ by the end passing into a mortise, and being securedby a clamp-screw, and the table'is movable upon said armso as to be heldat any desired point, and the arm n may be placed, either end first,intoeither of the mortisesupon the head-block CZ, as rendered necessaryby the position of the person. I

In order to furnish a cabinet or. straight or ornamental table, I makeuse of the table p, sustained upon a slide, g, that has a stud settinginto a socket in the head-block el, and on this slide g the table j) maybe moved in either direction as required for the position ofthe person;and to form an ornamental cabinet front Iintroduce the extension-panelr, that is connected at its upper end to the under side of the tablep,and is formed with any desired ornamental panelled surface, upon whichthe'sliding base t is applied, said base, t, being guided by a verticalrod, u, in a groove in the back of said panel'r, so that'the base canremain upon the platform or floor while the panel is raised orV loweredwith the table p, as that may be adjusted to the proper height for theperson, the panel r, at its lower part,`sliding behind the said base, t.By this construction the external appearanceof the cabinet front ismaintained regardless of the variations of height required for the tableor rest. It will be understood that when a group of persons is to bctaken, thc rest-holdcr-g may be made of any desired length, and receivetwo or more rods and rests, thereby obtaining the necessary rests forsevera-l persons, 'and only one column or pedestal.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The head-block d, constructed in thg: manner specified, incombination' with the stand o1' column a and rod b, vus und for thepurposes set forth.

2. The :rest-holder g or g', in combination with the hond-block d, rod@column a, und rest J1, k, substun-l tiully as and for the purposes setforth. I

3. I claim the extension cabinet-front or pnnehin combination With thetable p, substantially as specified.

4. I 'claim two'or more rcsts, supported from one column by means of thercst-holdcrg, substantially as sot forth. f

5. I claim the curved arm n ondmovuble table n, in combination with thecolumn a ami rod b, as and for the purposes sct forth.

6. I claim attaching the column a removably to a besefte', that ispermanently attached to the floor, in order thnt the rest muy bc nfixture when connected to such buse, but removable to other buses, forthe purposes s'et forth. l

1u witness whereof, l have hereunto set my signature, this thirticth dayof May, A. D. 1867.

NAPOLEON' SARONY. 'Witnesscsz Cms. H. SMITH, GEO. D. WALKER.

